David Edelstein's Top 10 Films of 2007

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Fresh Air's arbiter of things filmic offers his annual year-end movies wrap-up.
This time, his Top 10 list has 11 entries, as the number-nine slot features a tie. Edelstein tells Terry Gross why he needed an extra spot — and why some films that drew praise from other quarters didn't make his cut.
Here's the list, with links to previously published reviews and features by Edelstein as well as by All Things Considered's Bob Mondello, Morning Edition contributor Kenneth Turan, and other NPR voices:
1. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2. Away From Her
3. There Will Be Blood
4. Sweeney Todd
5. The Savages
6. No Country for Old Men
7. No End in Sight
8. Michael Clayton
9. Ratatouille*
9. Persepolis*
10. Grace is Gone
* denotes a tie
Other movies that turned David Edelstein's head:
Private Fears in Public Places
The Host
L'Iceberg
We Own the Night
Starting Out in the Evening
Charlie Wilson's War



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